The Hershey Bears and new head coach Troy Mann are scheduled to open the 2014-15 exhibition season on Oct. 1 against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Allentown's new PPL Center.
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New will be the operative word when the Hershey Bears open their 2014-15 exhibition schedule on Oct. 1 against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.

The contest will be played at Allentown's new PPL Center against a Phantoms team that has relocated from Glens Falls, N.Y. And it will be the first (unofficial) game for new Bears head coach Troy Mann and assistant coach Bryan Helmer.